Is absolutely everything about Australian Idol contrived to be controversial? From Kyle Sandilands' unkind remarks about contestants to the Marcia Hines "miming" incident, it's ready made for coverage in other media. A cynic might think it's all been planned that way...

You Tube, home to some of my silly little videos (see the link at left), is in the news. First there's news that Google about to buy it, now comes word that more music labels have signed deals with the service. It's all good. I think.

Looks like a few young people are heading for disappointment. According to networking website FunkySexyCool, 78 per cent of Australians aged 16-24 believe they have what it takes to be famous and nearly one in four [23 per cent] believe fame is a certainty in their lifetime. In the survey of 1017 Generation Y-ers,30 per cent said they sometimes daydream about being famous and an additional 29 per cent reported that they regularly fantasise about being a celebrity.

When we refer to somebody born in Dublin, why do we say they are Irish-born? Shouldn't we say they are Ireland-born?* It is, of course, possible to be born somewhere and not be of that ethnicity.
* The smae applies for Spanish-born, German-born, American-born etc